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Study Guide for the Head and Neck
Cranial Nerves
Number Name
Motor/
Sensory/ or
Both
Motor
Function
Sensory
Function
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
Your favorite mnemonic for remembering the names of the nerves:
One example: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/cranial.html
Another: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranial_nerve
Way too many mnemonics:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Transwiki:List_of_mnemonics_for_the_cranial_nerves
Your favorite mnemonic for remembering whether they are sensory or motor:
Movements of the Eye
Muscle
Orbicularis oculi
muscle
Levator palpebrae
superioris m.
Medial rectus m.
Superior rectus m.
Inferior rectus m.
Inferior oblique m.
of the eye
Superior oblique
muscle of the eye
Lateral rectus m.
Nerve
Open/close eye
Eye up/down
Eye in/out
Muscles of the lateral Neck
Muscle
Origin
Insertion
Innervation
Sternocleidomastoid m.
Anterior
Scalene m.
Middle
Scalene m.
Posterior
Scalene m.
The brachial plexus travels between which two muscles?
Bilateral
Action
Unilateral
Actions
Muscles of Mastication
Muscle
Nerve
Jaw elevation/
depression
Jaw
Protraction/
retraction
Temporalis
m.
Lateral
Movement
deviation of hyoid
of jaw
bone
X
Masseter m.
X
Medial
pterygoid m.
Lateral
pterygoid m.
X
Digastricus
m, anterior
belly
Digastricus
m., posterior
belly
X
X
Muscles of facial expression
Muscle
Zygomaticus
minor m.
Zygomaticus
major m.
Levator anguli
oris m.
Buccinatior m
Risorius m.
Orbicularis oris
m.
Depressor
anguli oris m.
Depressor labii
inferioris m.
Mentalis m.
Platysma m.
Nerve (including
division(s))
Action
Facial
expression
Smiling
Anterior triangle of the Neck
What make up the borders of the triangle?
Superior border:
Lateral border:
Anterior border:
Posterior triangle of the Neck
What makes up the borders of the posterior triangle?
Anterior border:
Posterior border:
Inferior border:
What are the structures located in the posterior triangle from posterior to anterior?
M:
M:
M:
N:
M:
Cervical Plexus
Nerve
Phrenic nerve
Lesser
Occipital N.
Great Auricular
N.
Transverse
Cervical N.
Supraclavicular
N.
Greater
Occipital N.
Spinal Levels
Motor Function
Sensory region
What structures (blood vessels, nerves, etc.) pass through the following openings?
 Superior orbital fissure
 Foramen ovale
 Foramen rotundum
 Foramen lacerum
 Foramen magnum
 Stylo-mastoid foramen
 Jugular foramen
 Mandibular foramen
 Mental foramen
Where are the mandibular and mental foramen located?
What bony structures make up the zygomatic arch?
What is the function of the suprahyoid muscles?
What is the function of the infrahyoid muscles?
What bones of the skull come together at bregma?
What bones of the skull come together at lambda?
What is the function of the mandibular fossa?
For the mandible:
 Which part is the body and which is the ramus?
 What is the function of the condylar process and the head of the mandible?
What are the divisions of the trigeminal nerve?
 For each division, is it sensory, motor, or both?

If sensory, where is it sensory?
o What are the main nerves that come from that division?

If motor, what group of muscles is innervated by that division?
What are the divisions of the facial nerve?
 The facial nerve is motor for:

The facial nerve is sensory for: